Land-roller.



H, P. A. ANDERSEN.

LAND ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED IgB. s, 1908.

@@yg Patented Nov. 24, 1908,

li (l LAND-ROLLER.

Specification of Lettere Potent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

Application filed Febmary 3, 1908. Serial No. llsi.

it known that l, llANs l). A. xmuis'nx, t a citizen ot' the United States. and a residenti l of Cushing, in the vomit)v ot' llaaard and State ot' Nebraska, have invented a new and l useful improvement. m Lautldtollers. ol'1 which the following is a t'ull. elettr, and exat't deseription.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel i'orm of land roller, wherein plain disks with a central peripheral grip alter- Hating with toothed disks are mounted upon a common axle7 in sueh manner that they may revolve with the axle and revolve thereon, whereby opposing plain disks torm iidg'es and park the soil. thus preventing` the tiner particles from rollingr away, while the interposed toothed disksl penetrate the crowns of the ridges, thus t-ultivatiug the ground and leaving itin the best condition to absorb moisture, and tending to prevent the earth Yfrom being washed away.

. The invention consists in the novel conv struction and combination ot the several parts, as will be hereinafter lulliY set Jforth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings formino a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of referR ence indieate corresponding parts in :ll the tigures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the imt lproved implement; Fig. Q is a vertieal trans verse settzion taken at a pointy near the renter of the implement; and Fig. 23 is a lougitudiA nal Vertit'al section through sundry ot' the :1

disks, showing,r the axle in side elevation. the View beinfr drawn upon an enlarged .st-ale.

The frame oi the implenunt consists ol end or cheek pietes l0. which are by prel`erence triangular in `general contour. being broadest aty the top, and the. top portions o't these cheek pieces Vt0 support beams il, and at the central portion of these beams ll, a tongue l2 is secured in any suitable or approved manner. and this tongue. in its turn supports the standard vt3 of the drivers seat 14. An axle l5 is jonrnaled in the lower portions ot the cheek pioees l0, and the said axle may be mounted to turn in its bearings or ity may be secured therein.

Ou the aforesaid a\le l5. a series of disks is mounted. These disks may turn upon the axlt` or mavtnrn with the axle, but they arel mounted to revolve. The. disks are in two series, a series A and a series l. 'lhe series l customary manner.

.\ is much wider than the series B. and the disks of the series` are alternatelv arranged. The disks ol the series are madetptite wide and t'onsist eaeh oll a .hub lli and spokes IT extending;r from the hub to meet a rim in.

and the rim ,t9 otl eat-h diskn provided with a exentrttll)v .lot-ated ribl lt). and the outer taveslol the pertpheral surfat't-s ot' the rim lo' ot the disk slope upward. preferabl)Y iu t-urved lilies t'rout the sides ot the periph.

eral portion ot' said disks to the apex ol' the ribs lll ot' said disks, so that when the imple ment is drawn along it will lorui ridges in the ground. The disks are held iu place on the axle l5 by means oli collars lo, set-tired to the axle between the theek pietes lt) and the outer disks ot' the series. and by preterente the disks are the outer disks. laeh ol tite. disks eXeept the last disk to tht` rightl ot' Fig. l ol" the series is provided with an extension to t'rom one side ol' its hub` as is shown in Fig. 3, and the disks l are mounted to turn loosely on said proiet-tions. lilaeh disk ll consists ot a hub 2t) and a body 21 that is pretetyablY provided with series of 'apertures 22. so as to render these disks as light as possible consistent with strength. and each disk B is provided with a series ot peripheral teeth 223. and b v preti-relive the disks B are of lesser diameter than the diameter of the disks between whit'h then' are lot-ated. Thus as an implement constructed as deseribet'l iS drawn along` the oppositier disks A create or l'orut ridges in the .ground` while the interposed disks l by reason ot their toothed peripheral surtate. produce apertures or openings in the eronns ot'the said ridges whereby to rereive moisture. while the disks paek the earth so as to prevent the lighter partit'les l't-om l'ieing blown away. By reason ot' the aforesaid eonstrut'tion ot' the roller, the 'round is so prepared that it is ret'eptite of moisture and at the same time the particles ot' the earth are firmly parked. so that in the event ol' a heavy rain storm the earth is not` liable to be washed away' and tht` Aground will retain moisture longer titan il'- treated in the As tht` series ol' disks revolve on the axle, the roller is readily turned on the spot and easy running of thty roller is insured.

`Having` tht/ts described my invention. l elaim as new and desire to seture by Letters latentf- '1. ln an agricultural implement, a frame,

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an axle carried by the frame, a series of plain disks mounted to turn upon or with the said axle, the said plain disks being provided With 'centrally located leieriplieral ribs, the outer peripheral faces ot' the disks being Curved in opposite directionsrom said ribs, said disks having a cylindrical extension from one side 0i the hub, and a second series oi. disks interposed between the said plain disks, each of said disks being journaled on the extension of the adjacent disk of the irst series, the interposed series of disks being provided with peripheral teeth, whereby opposing plain disks Create ridges in the ground over which the implement is passed and the interposed toothed disks puncture the crowns of the said ridges.

eofaeis 2. `An agricultural implement, comprising a iranien a series of revoluble plain disks having peripheral -eentral ribs,'and a series of revoluble toothed disks', the disks of the series being' approximately of the same diameter and alternately arranged and the hubs of the disks of one series being provided at one end With extensions2 upon which the disks of the other series are loosely mounted. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HANSl PETER ANDRES NDERSEN. vWitnesses J. A. LARsN,

WIM. C, FREDRIGKSEN. 

